Reply #18: they do it for the comfort of family [View All]

[seabeyond]

fron what i hear though many die in this manner from number of illness, seeing this is how the body shuts down to die, and regardless of having the condition of the brain like terri or not, from what i hear, it is not painful for people to go in this manner. by the time their body is to this point it doesnt feel the pain. but the family imagines there to be a pain with patient and the hospital gives the morphine, so it is a comfort tool for the family, not something the patient needs. it is to cover all basis to make sure without a doubt that the is no pain being felt. whether the patient is feeling or capable of feeling or not